Letter: Mayors do what they want, leave us holding the bag

Fall River begins Mayor Will Flanagan's pay-as-you-throw program. Now people who don't want to do pay-as-you-throw and decide to get a private hauler will have to pay. New fees to private haulers include $25 per container and $100 per truck.

Fall River begins Mayor Will Flanagan’s pay-as-you-throw program. Now people who don’t want to do pay-as-you-throw and decide to get a private hauler will have to pay. New fees to private haulers include $25 per container and $100 per truck.

We should all thank Mayor Flanagan for all the lies he has told us: a casino, no more stormwater fee, etc.

That’s what happens when we vote in a lawyer for mayor. He does what he feels like doing, without City Council approval. And he’s getting a grant to pay for five guys to monitor and to see that everyone is putting the right purple bags in the trash.

This all comes down to one person, a former mayor, who said the city of Fall River was not making enough money to keep the landfill. So he sold it to Allen Jarabek, who made a lot of money when he owned it, and then sold it to BFI for $60 million.

And we named a school for this mayor on Slade Street. We would have had a dump for years and years. Think about that; now we’re paying for all kinds of things. Always raising the taxes because somebody who works for the city wants a new contract and more money.

The well has gone dry. There ain’t no money. Be glad you have a job.

Flanagan knew the landfill would be closing two years ago when they started filling the last area. We should have planned something then, instead of sticking us with a couple months’ notice.